Talking-machine.



A. FISCHER.

TALKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC 4. I911.

Patented May 30, 1916 3 SHEETS-SHEET I.

A. FISCHER. TALKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DE(I.4, 19H.

Patented May 30, 1916.

3 SHEETSSHEET 2.

A. FISCHER.

TALKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 4. 19]]- 1,184,938.

Patented May 30, 1916,

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

I "HHlllllIwlxh/twmom Wm fli .of the cabinet, coming a the 11 111 brou ht into a larszc number To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Fiscrinn, a. sub ject of the King of England, residing at lvieolise road, Kensington, Londom England, have invented certoi ow and nsetul Improvements in and lieleti to Qzillzing- "a," e A r .1! w; Y, Machines, 01 which the iollooing is sneer hcation.

This invention relates to talking mnchnies and refers more pnrticulmiy to ments in talking machines of "the cnninet type in which the top or cover or trumpet are used as reflecting surfaces for the SOLUlfi.

With machines oi the cabinet M i already been proposed to provide cover coining above the month of e. v trumpet or hinged doors at the side of cabinet and at the mouth of the 'tl'llll'llklb, Which cover or floors may be used for re fleeting the sound. The cover or each door. has, however, been made in one piece so 1 at it has been to relioct the so'sul Waves in one direction only for: one of the door or cover.

My present invention 1 tion, in which the top or door a 7 net, While being so formed as is of being turned. i ito various pOSl'LiC-D self furnished W1 1 one or more scco hinged or sliding ileps or strips, iorniingz reflecting surface or surf-(ices which can of rlifi'crent positions and retained in such no ions iniiepenclently oi" one another wh desir l. in order thet th 2 sound may be ctezl owner in one directi 11 only as has ulrcmly l :en the case or in Va US directions at l he some time and in Various Ways to it require reflecting e... G. to

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Winch bent th t it leads to en orifice coming at the r c cabinet where it opens into V disposed. trumpet, which may he fort; :ll suitably aitiiched to the casing of the cehinct. The t'uinpet extends to the top of the cabinet coining be; nth the lid or cover.

s ill or cover \c igeil so that it can be any angle desired 1 1 turned and above the truiroct, suit )le means being provided for ng in position.

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are partly 7 .etic views of the cabinet shoi 1g (lill'c on; kinds oi? co ers, and also showing the cover in some of the diii'erent n tions it can, bi made to assume. I i 12% illusr ates how 1. reflector with adjust b i2l1 S may be applied ndjustehly directly to he mouth of the horn. llig'. 14 shows 51Xlutlicr fol-1n of the M L reflector applied :uljn

ably to the top oi a cabinet. "l5 view .l I roll c of on else or iv to the square beneath that the turntable (5 comes toward one corner. Toward the diagonally opposite corner is mounted the bracket 6 for holding the tone arm f. Leading from the tone arm f is a. bent tube 9 which is so bent that it leads to an orifice it coming at the center of the cabinet 0; where it bends into a vertically disposed trumpet 70, which may be attached to the cabinet 0.. It will be seen that the trumpet extends to the top of the cabinet a coming beneath the lid or cover. This lid or cover is hinged to the cabinet at m.

The cover in the particular case under consideration is made as follows :'n is a strip extending across the back of the cabinet to which strip is hinged a framework 1? by.

means of hinges g. This framework has hinged thereto two flaps r by means of hinges s. The frame p supports the flaps 1' when in the closed position. t are two other flaps which are hinged at u to the front portion of the flaps 1'. These flaps can be turned outward upon the hinges a. At Figs. 5 and 6 a form of the invention is shown in which other flaps z are provided hinged at 2 to the side flaps 1'. The hinged flap 2 is only shown attached to one of the flaps 7' but flaps a may of course be provided for each of the flaps 1'.

The frame p is provided with notches 3 at the sides and the flaps are provided with rods 4 the ends of which are adapted to take into one of the notches 3 so that the flap r can beheld open at the required angle.

Referring to Figs. 7 to 12, which show some of the different positions which the l cover can be made to assume, at F1 7 the cover is shown turned up about the hinges m and held in position by means of a rod 5. At Fig. 8 the strip n is turned up into a vertical position about the hinges m and then the cover is turned about the hinges g andheld in position by the rod 5 which is provided with an extensible end for this purpose. .In this figure the flaps t are shown dotted in the turned up position.

In Fig. 9 the piece a is turned up into the vertical position about the hinges 'm, and the frame [9 is held in the horizontal position by means of a block or rod 5 and then the flaps 1' are turned up into a raised position and retained therein by means of the rod 4 engaging in the notches 3. In this figure one of the side flaps is shown with the extension piece 2 dotted in position. At Fig. 10 is an arrangement similar to that described with reference to Fig. 9, but in this case only one of the flaps is turned upward the other one being left upon the frame 7?. At Fig. 11, the cover is turned about the hinges m and held in position by the rod 5 and then one of the flaps 7' is turned up and held in combinations may be made, for instance,

both the flaps 7" may be turned up and both the flaps it turned out as also both the flaps z and many other combinations may be made to suit requirements.

Although I have described and shown the second flaps as hinged with respect to the principal flaps I may in some cases make them slide with respect thereto either at the front or the sides. This feature of the invention is shown in Fig. 15 in which A, A, indicate the main reflecting sections which are hinged together at A so that they may be opened to any desired extent and placed at any desired angle relatively to each other or to the mouth of the horn. Each section carries a sliding section or flap B and another sliding flap O. The reflector shown in Fig. 15 as a whole can be suitably mounted over a horn in the manner before described and great variety in intensity, volume and quality of sound, as Well as in the direction of movement of the sound waves, can be obtained. The flaps maybe made of any suitable material and they may be made so as to be detachable and interchangeable.

Although I have described two flaps hinged to the .cover I may provide more than two hinged or sliding flaps and I may arrange them to turn up or draw out in any flaps forming-the reflecting surfaces insuch a way that the hinge lies in a diagonal across the top of the cabinet or in any other desired direction. This is illustrated in Fig. 17 where the reflectors D, D are hinged to the top of the cabinet at d in a line extending diagonally across the cabinet and the reflectors may be held at any desired angle relatively to the mouth of the horn and at any desired angle relatively to each other by means of the adjustable rods 6.

Again although my invention relates more especially to machines of the cabinet type I may apply it to trumpets or cheap machines. In this case the trumpet is directed verti cally upward and at or over the top thereof I preferably provide a rod or its equivalent which maybe hinged and which may extend diametrically across the top of the trumpet and I hinge a flap or fla s thereto which flap or flaps can be turne up into and retamed in a suitable position for acting as have hinged to their top edges flaps s with the principal flaps. invention is shown in Fig. 18 reflectors F are at f and are supported by ad also connected with the horn. reflectors H are hinged to o-on and they are hinged to the horn a; 'rhe reflectors may be held in any desired po h tion on the horn and given any a gby means of the adjusting devices J.

19 the reflectors H are provided wit-n able flaps K which are shown dotted lines. One or more of ear reflectors may be formed with chambers, that is, either or ail of may be made hollow as indicat Figs. 16 and 16*. In Fig. 13 the flector is made in two parts wni be hinged together, and secondary t or flaps R are hinged to the top on side edges thereof. In Fig. 1 the primary reflectors S, S are hinged together s and to their side ed es fia s s s". The 1' s, s also have flaps 8, 8 hinged to them I have shown hinges 1n a CORVGIf-ftl ""al Way,

It will be understood that hinges off proner form to' permit of the folding of tne s and sectlons are to be empioyech d suitable adjustable supports .vhere essary are used In the claims where 1' specify be understood 01" course t plate employing a plura What I claim as my invei.w or

Tetters Patent ot' the United rice is c with the trumpet of a machine, of primary sound reflecmounted beyond. the outer end of the i impet for receiving the sound waves emanating tnerefrom and reflecting them out ward.

comprising a plurality of sections connected together and hinged to a support which sections are adjustably mounted whereby they may be supported in various positions on the primary reflector to vary the marginal extent of the reflecting surface, and means for adjustably supporting the several connected sections at various angles relaely to the axis of the trumpet.

i "'imony whereof i have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses. ALEX FLSCHER. 

